The MP for Binduri, Abdulai Abanga, has alleged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is behind the attack on a New Patriotic Party (NPP) branded vehicle in his area.

On Monday, three masked assailants are alleged to have poured petrol on the MP’s campaign vehicle, fired shots at it, and ignited a blaze.

Speaking to Citi News, Abdulai Abanga condemned the incident as politically driven, citing it as a result of threats from their political rivals.

“It’s politically motivated because I didn’t take anything valuable from the car. For some time now, we have been receiving threats from our political opponents. So, this is just the manifestation of the threats that they have been issuing. It’s obvious they don’t want the constituents to support the NPP, particularly our flagbearer.

“They go to various radio stations and those threats are issued by the leadership of our political opponents. The NDC leadership in the constituency has severally issued threats.

“During the limited voter registration at the EC office, they amassed their executives and all kinds of macho men were always there. And they were selecting persons who should register and not. The signals were there, the threats they said openly. We have intelligence on the ground, they know that they will not succeed if they don’t capitalise on the Bawku conflict and threaten people,” the Member of Parliament for Binduri said.

However, Abdallah Salifu, the Upper East Regional Communications Director for the NDC, refuted the allegations in a statement to Citi News. He denied any involvement by the NDC in the incident and called for a thorough investigation.

“We condemn whatever happened and we commiserate with the family of the NPP constituency chairman, and members of NPP. But we want to state categorically that we the NDC members in Binduri constituency, have no hand whatsoever in the burning of the vehicle.”